title: Giant left atrial appendage: a rare anomaly.
abstract: A giant left atrial appendage is a rare congenital anomaly that has been reported on only a few occasions. We report two symptomatic patients with atrial fibrillation combined with a cerebellar infarct in one and dyspnea in the other. Both patients were treated surgically with resection of the giant left atrial appendage and radiofrequency pulmonary vein isolation. Recognition of this uncommon pathology can lead to timely surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Wilhelmina M M
authors.initials: WMM
authors.lastname: Kuiten
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Linda M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: de Heer
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Egidius E H L
authors.initials: EEHL
authors.lastname: van Aarnhem
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Onsea
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: Lherwerd@umcutrecht.nl.
authors.forename: Lex A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: van Herwerden
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D020517:Atrial Appendage / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
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